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Ness Factor singer hoping for fundraising boost at Belladrum music festival in aid of Highland Hospice

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Ness Factor singer hoping for fundraising boost at Belladrum music festival in aid of Highland Hospice

Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Ness Factor finalist Lisa Foster.Ness Factor finalist Lisa Foster thinks she has good reasons to get involved in the big singing competition that raises vital funds to keep Highland Hospice providing palliative care for end-of-life patients.The 34-year-old works for the Inverness-based charity and as deputy commerce manager runs their 15 shops throughout the north.But also on a more personal level, […]

todayJuly 21, 2024 7

Puppet parade to begin arts and music festival in Skye and Lochalsh – West Highland Free Press – www.whfp.com

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Puppet parade to begin arts and music festival in Skye and Lochalsh – West Highland Free Press – www.whfp.com

Giant puppet ‘Storm’. Pic Jassy Earl Giant puppets in Kyleakin will begin a fortnight-long programme of arts and music events for this year’s Fèis an Eilein, which gets underway next Friday. The Puppet Picnic Parade will open the annual festival, on Friday afternoon (19th July), ahead of the first gig that evening, when the Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band play at Kyle Hall. The festival, which is organised by local community arts […]

todayJuly 13, 2024 3

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Highland music festival to celebrate Scotland’s native rainforests

The festival is designed to bring together the communities around the loch by hosting outstanding and unique chamber music performances by leading musicians each year. This year's event will feature a world premiere by local composer Lisa Robertson. The piece, Ar Coilltean, for Gaelic children’s choir and ensemble, is a celebration of our local native woodlands and of our local community’s relationship with them, both historically and in the present day. READ MORE: Band […]

todayApril 23, 2024 14

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Ligonier Highland Games showcases music, sports with Scottish flair

Palmer Shonk felt right at home Saturday as he joined fellow pipers to play skirling march tunes on the main field of the Ligonier Highland Games. Shonk, of Avalon, led an ad hoc band of 12 bagpipe players and six drummers in competition in the 64th games at Idlewild and Soak Zone in Ligonier Township. Now 36, the Ligonier native first was exposed to his chosen instrument as a kid, […]

todaySeptember 16, 2023 6

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Humza Yousaf visits popular Highland music festival with family

Humza Yousaf visited Speyfest on Sunday afternoon where he enjoyed musical artists and caught up with supporters and volunteers. He even gave mixology a go, trying his hand at making alcohol-free cocktails while festival-goers laughed and cheered. Humza Yousaf tries his hand at mixing mocktails (Paul Campbell/PA)The festival in the village of Fochabers, Moray, is in its 26th year, having been launched in 1995. Mr Yousaf introduced string band the […]

todayJuly 23, 2023 4

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